IBISCA-SANTO

Team: 

Dr Bruno CORBARA (Project and Team Leader), Universite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE. Social insects, ant biology and ethology.

Dr Yves ROISIN, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM. Social Insects, termites.

Dr. Maurice LEPONCE, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, BELGIUM. Social Insects, ants.

Dr Jerome ORIVEL, University of Toulose, FRANCE. Social Insects, ants.

M. Thibaut DELSINNE, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, BELGIUM. Social Insects, ants.

Dr Alexei TISHECHKIN, University of Louisiana, USA. Coleoptera, Histeridae, Interception Trap Programme..

Dr Claire VILLEMANT, MNHN, Paris, FRANCE. Hymenoptera, Malaise Trap programme.

Dr Juergen SCHMIDL, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, GERMANY. Coleoptera, Special Habitats programme, Bark spraying.

Professor Roger KITCHING, Griffith University, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA. Lepidoptera, Light Trap programme.

Mr. Frederic DURAND, Societe d’Histoire Naturelle, Alcide d’Orbigny, Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE. Hymenoptera, Pompilidae.

Mr. Emmanuel BOITIER, Societe d’Histoire Naturelle, Alcide d’Orbigny, Clermont-Ferrand and University of Limoges, FRANCE. Orthoptera, Beating Programme.

Mr Milton Barbosa DA SOUZA jnr, Federal University of Ouro Preto, BRAZIL. Canopy herbivory, Endophytic insects.

Altitudinal gradient: collections were performed at 100, 300, 600, 900m in standardized IBISCA-plots.

Website of SANTO-2006 expedition (in French): http://www.santo2006.org/

Progress report of SANTO-2006 (in English) : (6500K)